For many years, it had been said that Roman Abramovich dreamed about having a Chelsea team full of academy products.
For the years when Chelsea was one of the heaviest spenders in the transfer market, and John Terry remained the sole academy breakthrough in the first-team, those ambitions were met with great cynicism.
Although it took a transfer embargo by FIFA and a rookie coach, Abramovich finally got to witness that vision take form in the last four years of his ownership.
